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Year 5 - Rothwell Arts Dance
This week, Year 5 enjoyed their first dance session with Rothwell Arts. The children participated in dynamic warm-ups, practiced cartwheels and handstands, and began developing their movements into expressive sequences. The session focused on building confidence, coordination, and creativity, as the children learned how to link skills together smoothly. It was an exciting start to their dance journey.
Year 5 - Cricket
As we approach the final cricket sessions, Year 5 have been actively applying the skills they've learnt throughout the half term in competitive gameplay. They have been perfecting their batting stance, improving bowling techniques and learnt to apply coordinating fielding strategies. They’re not only developing a deeper understanding of tactical play but also demonstrating impressive teamwork and sportsmanship. This experience is enhancing their ability to think strategically under pressure, make quick decisions, and support one another on the field.
Year 3 - P.E- Dance
Today in P.E., Year 3 had an amazing time with Miss Vicky and Miss Sian, who will be teaching the children dance skills throughout this term. The session was filled with energy and excitement as the children enjoyed a fantastic warm-up, followed by learning basic acrobatics, practising cartwheels, and even trying out headstands. Some children felt a bit nervous at first, but everyone tried extremely hard and encouraged each other along the way. A special shoutout goes to our Star Learner, Jacob, for his enthusiasm and for asking fantastic questions.
Reception: Muddy Monday
Today, our Reception children went for a walk into our local environment. We went on a mile walk to Jack Keys reservoir. The children enjoyed looking at the reservoir, the fallen leaves and loved listening to the birds singing. The children really concentrated on what they could see and hear, exploring spirituality. It was a rainy walk and the children persevered and enjoyed splashing in the puddles too.
Year 5 - Badminton
Year 5 began their badminton unit by starting with a focus on mastering the basics. This week, the children concentrated mainly on learning how to hold a racket correctly and practiced the essential skill of maintaining a rally with a partner. These foundational exercises are helping them develop control, coordination, and confidence as they build up to more advanced skills in the weeks to come.
Year 4 - Cricket: Applying Skills
This week in the Year 4 cricket sessions, the children practised the skills they had learned so far - overarm bowling, batting and catching - on an activity carousel. They then put their skills to the test in a class cricket tournament. The children really are developing some great skills worthy of joining a cricket team.
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Inter-House Sports Dodgeball led by Sports Leaders
A huge thank you to our new Sports Leaders who ran their very first Inter- house competition today. They chose to do dodgeball and every class thoroughly enjoyed it! The children showed each other respect, demonstrated the 4 B’s and encouraged each other every step of the way. We can’t wait to hear who the overall winners are next week
DPSSA Girls Football
Our girls football team, once again, represented the school with pride and determination. While they faced some tough opponents and unfortunately suffered two losses, their performances were nothing short of impressive and they were able to end the night with a comfortable 2-0 victory. Well done girls!
Year 1 PE- Gymnastics
This week in gymnastics, Year 1 stepped up their sequences from last week by adding a roll. They all created a four part sequence. They had to start their sequence by walking along the apparatus, jumping off it using a jump of their choice (tuck, straddle or pencil), roll across the mat using a roll of their choice (egg or pencil) before completing their sequence with a travel of their choice to take them back to the start (caterpillar, bunny, frog, crab or bear). Their skills are improving week on week. Well done Year 1!
Year 5 - Cricket
Today, Year 5 enjoyed another engaging cricket session, with a strong focus on developing their catching skills. The children practiced different catching techniques, concentrating on hand-eye coordination and positioning to improve their accuracy and confidence in the field. After mastering the drills, the class moved on to playing games where they could apply what they had learned in a fun, competitive environment. The games not only reinforced their catching skills but also encouraged teamwork, communication, and strategic thinking. Each child had the chance to contribute to their team, showing great effort and enthusiasm throughout the session.
BRFC KIDS CUP WINNERS
We are so proud of our amazing football team for their wonderful performance this morning at the BRFC Kids Cup at BRFC training ground. They are through to the final after winning our heat and then going down to penalties in the semi-final. The final will be played at Blackburn Rovers indoor centre (BRIC) before the BRFC vs Portsmouth game on Saturday 23rd November. Well done Barneys! ⚽️
Year 6 - Developing batting and fielding skills
Year 6 continued their cricket sessions and started to focus on batting and fielding. The session involved a drill in which the batter had to hit the ball off a tee and the fielders retrieve it. This allowed the children to experiment with different shots and see how their body shape affected the flight of the ball, and see how important communication is when fielding as a team.